TY  - BOOK
AU  - Saunders,George
AU  - Chekhov,Anton Pavlovich
AU  - Chekhov,Anton Pavlovich
AU  - Chekhov,Anton Pavlovich
AU  - Gogolʹ,Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich
AU  - Tolstoy,Leo
AU  - Tolstoy,Leo
AU  - Turgenev,Ivan Sergeevich
TI  - A swim in a pond in the rain: in which four Russians give a master class on writing, reading, and life 
SN  - 1984856030 :
AV  - PG3097 .S28 2022
U1  - 891.73/009 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich,
KW  - Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich,
KW  - Tolstoy, Leo,
KW  - Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich,
KW  - Reader-response criticism
KW  - United States
KW  - Russian fiction
KW  - 19th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Short stories, Russian
KW  - Literary criticism
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; We begin -- In the Cart, Anton Chekhov. A page at a time: thoughts on In the Cart ; Afterthought #1 -- The Singers, Ivan Turgenev. The heart of the story: thoughts on The Singers ; Afterthought #2 -- The Darling, Anton Chekhov. A pattern story: thoughts on The Darling ; Afterthought #3 -- Master and Man, Leo Tolstoy. And yet they drove on: Thoughts on Master and Man ; Afterthought #4 -- The Nose, Nikolai Gogol. The door to the truth might be strangeness: Thoughts on The Nose ; Afterthought #5 -- Gooseberries, Anton Chekhov. A swim in a pond in the rain: Thoughts on Gooseberries ; Afterthought #6 -- Alyosha the Pot, Leo Tolstoy. The wisdom of omission: Thoughts on Alyosha the Pot ; Afterthought #7 -- We end
N2  - For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, he shares a version of that class with us, offering some of what he and his students have discovered together over the years. Paired with iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the seven essays in this book are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times
ER  -